Govt kick-start ₹2,428-cr housing project on K G Marg in New Delhi

Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the redevelopment of Kasturba Gandhi Marg GPRA project where the residential complex is to be constructed by the CPWD at a cost of ₹2,428 crore, in two phases. This state-of-the-art low-carbon footprint redevelopment project will have a 30% green cover and for which no trees will be felled. In fact, 186 trees will be relocated using modern technologies as has been successfully carried out elsewhere in the country. The ministry‘s effort is to increase the green cover to 33 percent of the total area. Director General of CPWD, Prabhakar Singh, said that the focus will be on eco-friendly development, and that the 186 trees coming in the alignment of building towers will be transplanted within the campus. Organic waste composts, harvesting systems, rooftop solar panels of 800 KW capacity, and MBBR technology-based sewage treatment plants would be put in place.

: Published: 11 October 2019

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